Jillian Pikora

Deputy Managing Editor

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Jillian is an editor and reporter based out of Pennsylvania's capital city of Harrisburg. She has a degree in Political Science and is a former political campaign manager. For over a decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Before joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently assists in managing Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Massachusetts; as well as reporting stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, 28, Sidelined Indefinitely Due To Blood Clots In Lungs, Leg Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, 28, Sidelined Indefinitely Due To Blood Clots In Lungs, Leg Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, 28, Sidelined Indefinitely Due To Blood Clots In Lungs, Leg
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts, 28, Sidelined Indefinitely Due To Blood Clots In Lungs, Leg Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has been diagnosed with blood clots in his left leg and both lungs, sidelining him from football while he undergoes treatment, the team and his agent, Nicole Lynn, announced in a medical update. Hurts was initially diagnosed with a superficial vein thrombosis in his left calf by specialists in London, but further testing revealed a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and bilateral pulmonary emboli, according to the joint statement. The diagnosis means Hurts has a blood clot in a deep vein in his leg, as well as blood clots affecting both lungs. Despite th…

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Harrisburg, PA
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PA Man Threatened To Kill State Rep, Family 'In Front Of Town': State Police PA Man Threatened To Kill State Rep, Family 'In Front Of Town': State Police PA Man Threatened To Kill State Rep, Family 'In Front Of Town': State Police
PA Man Threatened To Kill State Rep, Family 'In Front Of Town': State Police A Pennsylvania man threatened to kill a state representative and his family in an email sent to the lawmaker's office, prompting an investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police Political Violence Threat Unit, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 19. Timothy David Geisler, 63, of Mansfield, Tioga County, was charged with terroristic threats after investigators said he sent multiple threatening messages to Republican State Rep. Jamie Walsh, who represents Pennsylvania's 117th Legislative District in Luzerne County. The threats were reported on Thursday, Oct. 1, at approximately 7:18 a.m., acc…

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Bethlehem, PA
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Bethlehem Man, 20, Dies 9 Days After Shooting; Family Mourns: 'I Love U Baby Boy' Bethlehem Man, 20, Dies 9 Days After Shooting; Family Mourns: 'I Love U Baby Boy' Bethlehem Man, 20, Dies 9 Days After Shooting; Family Mourns: 'I Love U Baby Boy'
Bethlehem Man, 20, Dies 9 Days After Shooting; Family Mourns: 'I Love U Baby Boy' A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man has died nine days after he and another man were shot in Bethlehem, leaving loved ones mourning a final hug they never knew would be their last, authorities and family members said. Quamir J. Davis, of Bethlehem, was pronounced dead at 5:20 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, at St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill, according to a release issued Monday, Oct. 19, by Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. Davis died from gunshot injuries, and Buglio ruled his death a homicide. The shooting happened around 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 8, in the area of the 1100 b…

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Harrisburg, PA
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Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG
Former PA District Attorney Illegally Seized Emergency Kits From Ambulances: AG A former Pennsylvania district attorney who had emergency kits seized from active ambulances and locked in his office was convicted Friday, Oct. 16, authorities announced. Former Greene County District Attorney David Russo was found guilty of official oppression following three days of testimony, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. A Fayette County senior judge returned the verdict. Russo used his office to have “Stop the Bleed” kits designed for mass casualty events removed from county ambulances, taking them out of service, prosecutors said. He directed a detective working for the…

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Mercersburg, PA
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GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit
GF Finds Rape Video On PA Teen's Phone; Tattoo Helps ID Victim As Relative: Affidavit A girlfriend discovered videos of an unconscious woman being raped on a Pennsylvania teen’s cellphone — and a tattoo helped identify the victim as his relative, investigators wrote. Tristan Gray Walker, 18, of Mount Union, is charged with rape and 13 related offenses following the discovery of the recordings in a hidden folder on his phone, according to court documents Daily Voice obtained on Thursday, Oct. 15. The investigation began Sunday, Oct. 11, when a relative went to the Pennsylvania State Police Huntingdon barracks after receiving a video through Snapchat from Walker’s girlfriend, …

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Susquehanna Township, PA
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Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit
Child Struck By SUV Crossing To School Bus In Susquehanna, Driver Charged: Affidavit A child suffered a fractured left arm and shoulder when an SUV driver failed to stop for a school bus’s flashing red lights in Dauphin County on Friday, Oct. 9, police wrote in court documents. William M. Hanna Sr., 82, of Harrisburg, is charged with felony aggravated assault by vehicle, along with summary counts of failing to stop for a school bus and reckless driving, according to the criminal complaint. Daily Voice obtained court documents on Friday, Oct. 16. Susquehanna Township police responded to Crooked Hill Road and Dogwood Drive at approximately 6:30 a.m., where Officer Jeremy Wey…

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Nazareth, PA
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Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files
Nazareth Man Sentenced After Agents Find More Than 100 Child Sex Abuse Files A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to prison for possessing more than 100 photos and videos of child sexual abuse after a cybertip led investigators to his Northampton County home and workplace, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 16. Matthew John Kocher, 32, of Nazareth, was sentenced this week in Northampton County Court to 12 to 24 years in prison after previously pleading guilty to numerous felony counts of sexual abuse of children, according to Attorney General Dave Sunday. Kocher will also serve three years of probation and be subject to sex offender supervision conditions following…

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Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
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3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police 3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police 3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police
3 Pennsylvania Schools Locked Down, Evacuated After Threats From Same Caller: Police Three Philadelphia schools were placed on lockdown or evacuated after threats believed to have come from the same caller on Friday morning, Oct. 16, police said. The threats targeted Masterman School, the School of the Future, and Benjamin Franklin High School, prompting precautionary security measures and police responses at all three locations, according to Philadelphia Police Officer Tanya Little. At Masterman School, located at 1699 Spring Garden Street, a lockdown began around 8:30 a.m. The school was cleared by police at 9:31 a.m. Benjamin Franklin High School, at 550 North Broad Str…

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Allentown, PA
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Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted
Fight Over Text Messages Ends In 4 Shot Near Muhlenberg College, Allentown Man Convicted A Pennsylvania man who opened fire into a crowd near Muhlenberg College in Allentown, shooting four people after a fight over text messages, has been convicted of attempted homicide, prosecutors announced Friday, Oct. 16. Axel Suarez Vidal, 25, of Allentown, was found guilty Thursday, Oct. 15, of attempted homicide, three counts of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, and seven counts of recklessly endangering another person, according to Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan. The shooting happened around 6:45 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2024, outside a home at 1837 West Turner…

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Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE) PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE) PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (UPDATE)
PA Stabbing Victim, Accused Killer ID'd After SWAT Barricade Standoff (Update) The victim and accused killer in a fatal West Philadelphia stabbing that sparked a SWAT barricade standoff have been identified, police announced Friday, Oct. 16. Mark Burton, 53, was stabbed multiple times in the unit block of North Edgewood Street on Thursday morning, Oct. 15, according to Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson Officer Tanya Little. Marvis Davis, 52, who lives on the same block, has been charged with murder and related offenses in Burton's killing, Little said. Officers from the 19th District responded to a report of a person with a weapon around 9:03 a.m. and found…

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